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HAPPY NEIL BANGING OUT THE TUNES DAY!!! 🎶 🎹 🐀 🌈

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EASY! Cute Knitted Mommy Hedgehog - Get the Pattern: 👉 https://buff.ly/2IAG7gU 🦔

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The Best Anatomical Heart Patterns For Knitters and Crocheters! 👉 https://buff.ly/3aimyqM ❤️

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Rolf commission. This one was so much fun!

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It’s been a while since I’ve done these, which are/will be custom hand-painted stitch markers. They are very small. :D

Oil on wood

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oh the tale’s the same told before and told again a soul that’s born in cold and rain knows sunlight sunlight sunlight

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Fiber Arts Community Question:

I am looking into selling some of the hats I have made just to declutter...where do you guys recommend I sell from? I have tried etsy before, so I am not opposed to using it again, but I don't intend to sell them for much (maybe 10-15 dollars?) and I know etsy takes a pretty big cut from sales.

Any recommendations?

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Not 100% pleased with how this one turned out, but it was always just a project to use up some left over yarn, so I don't know if I can be too mad.

This is also the first time I have used my new steam blocking set up! So far I like it WAY more than wet blocking. I can really tell a difference in the yarn after steaming it too ❤️

Used the pattern "Gingerbread Sweater"

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The Wall Street Cowl by Cinzia DiPaola on Ravelry

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Grandpa with Vitiligo Crochets Dolls with Same Skin Condition to Give Kids Self-Esteem

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Petit cadeau by Anne B Hanssen (free pattern on Ravelry)

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I had to share another picture of the shawl, I’m so freaking excited to get it into my hot little grabby hands 😂 https://www.instagram.com/p/Byium8FBd_t/?igshid=7yt8y4tzttvr

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Just knit what you want to knit.

There is a tendency in the knitting community to recommend very, very basic projects to newbies. Garter stitch dish clothes and scarves, maybe a plain beanie, all in chunky yarn. And, just to be clear, there is nothing wrong with any of these things. Even though I consider myself to be at an advanced skill level, I still make the basics when I’m bored. This isn’t a post about the basics being bad or whatever, this is a post about not underestimating your own abilities as a beginner.

I was a beginner, everyone was at some point. I started off with the old classics, but they bored me, and didn’t make me want to knit more. So, after making one square, I joined a KAL for a beanie with stitches I’d never seen in my life, when I barely even knew how to purl at the time. I got a bit confused at times, but, I was fine, until I dropped a bunch of stitches. I freaked out a bit, but then I learned how to use an afterthought lifeline. Making that beanie taught me 3 or 4 different skills all at once that I was able to apply to other projects. I got through it all, despite the trouble, because it was what I wanted to knit. I moved on to other things that people thought were way beyond my skill level, and I managed it just fine, because it’s what I wanted to do.

If you want to make dish clothes and scarves, that’s fine! There is a place in the world for those things, and they are loved just as much as the most complicated shawls. But, don’t be afraid to try something that seems complicated once you’ve learned the basics. Look through Ravelry, find something that appeals to you, and just do it. Just be prepared to look things up frequently.

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Triangle Brioche Cowl by Wanpen Huang (free pattern on Ravelry)

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Wishing Well Wrap by Ashleigh Kiser on Ravelry

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